What is the Mechanism of the Halogenation of an Alkene? Help Me With Organic Chemistry

This video will discuss the mechanism of the halogenation of an alkene. The addition of a halogen to an alkene. The mechanism of halogenation is a key mechanism you must understand in organic chemistry. To start the alkene attacks that haolgen (chlorine, bromine) and the leaving group (the other halogen) leaves. At the same time a lone pair of the halogen attacks the carbon of the alkene. All the bond forming and bond breaking reactions occur at the same time making this another example of a concerted reaction. This mechanism goes through an ion call the halonium ion (chloronium, bromonium). The halonium ion is then attacked by the halide that was liberated in the first step (chloride, bromide) to form the dihalide.Show more

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